The Orbital Transport was so much fun, I broke out the Mars Lander.
I have every version of the Mars Lander, so this is a natural.
Many quality parts!
The Motor mount is typical.
To make the rocket nozzle 3 concentric rings are glued to the end and then sanded into a cone shape. An interesting way to achieve a nozzle.
The back plate needs to be beveled also. A laser scribed ring is used as a guild.
This is glued to the nozzle and the aft centering ring is glued to that. The shock cord is tied to the motor tube and passed through the forward CR.
The jig has a nice spacing guild to position the forward CR. A nice, clean design.
The landing legs are a work of art! And VERY nerve-wracking to cut out. The struts are very thin! The balsa is dense and high quality.
I had to read the instructions 3 times on the leg jig. It's simple, but its a different way to attach the legs. As expected it worked very well.
Things are drying now.
I have every version of the Mars Lander, so this is a natural.
Many quality parts!
The Motor mount is typical.
To make the rocket nozzle 3 concentric rings are glued to the end and then sanded into a cone shape. An interesting way to achieve a nozzle.
The back plate needs to be beveled also. A laser scribed ring is used as a guild.
This is glued to the nozzle and the aft centering ring is glued to that. The shock cord is tied to the motor tube and passed through the forward CR.
The jig has a nice spacing guild to position the forward CR. A nice, clean design.
The landing legs are a work of art! And VERY nerve-wracking to cut out. The struts are very thin! The balsa is dense and high quality.
I had to read the instructions 3 times on the leg jig. It's simple, but its a different way to attach the legs. As expected it worked very well.
Things are drying now.